Hope someone can help me out here, to check the work I've done and set me on the right path of the work I'm stuck at (or getting the wrong answer for!)
Astroid is defined by
a) Determine where r(t) defines a smooth curve, and find T(t) and N(t).
No idea about the first part, and here's what I get for

(should I put it in the form ?)

For I got this:

b. Find the curvature for
I used

but , which means I'm dividing by zero and thus getting the wrong answer! Where have I gone wrong?

c. Determine the arc length s(t) for a section of the astroid starting at r(0) and ending at r(t) where
This is a quarter of the length round the astroid, so we can use the formula for the total length and divide by 4. The total length for an astroid is 6, so the total length for this astroid will be 24, and a quarter length 6.
but here I get stuck! I know the answer comes to:
but integrating that I get -3*cos(2t) and both and , which gives the answer of zero and not, as expected, 6.